Ed Davey fired the opening salvo in the UK and Scottish governments’ battle
for energy industry support in the independence debate when he confirmed
this morning that the world’s first gas-fired carbon capture and storage
plant would be built in Peterhead.

Mr Davey, the UK Energy Secretary, insisted that the move was not a “bribe” to
convince Scots to vote “no” in September.

The Westminster and Holyrood Cabinets have descended en masse on the northeast
of Scotland today as the fight for the constitutional future of the UK moves
up a stage. Recent polls have shown a marginal tightening of